The upside of apparition was that they could skip the walk through the Dempsey house and possible interruptions from well-meaning family members or servants. The catch was that he would have to touch her again to apparate her home. Not just her wrist, either. He'd have to properly hold on to her to get them both safely to Galway.
It wasn't touching her that was the problem, of course; it was the idea of letting her go. She was already moving out of the lift and into the atrium, and he could picture her doing the same thing in one of their bedrooms. Brushing his arm away with the same attitude she might remove a cloak in an entryway. All business, ready to berate him over the state of her writing desk.
He felt the desperation like a knotted peach pit in the center of his chest. "Apparition, " he said, pressing ahead of her so that he wouldn't fall into the trap of watching her walk all the way to the apparition closet.
It wasn't touching her that was the problem, of course; it was the idea of letting her go. She was already moving out of the lift and into the atrium, and he could picture her doing the same thing in one of their bedrooms. Brushing his arm away with the same attitude she might remove a cloak in an entryway. All business, ready to berate him over the state of her writing desk.
He felt the desperation like a knotted peach pit in the center of his chest. "Apparition, " he said, pressing ahead of her so that he wouldn't fall into the trap of watching her walk all the way to the apparition closet.
MJ is the light of my life <3